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# translation — English to French

How English *translation* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [translation in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/translation/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: translation (23 792), translations (3 058). By style: everyday 185 · literary 3 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 157 · legal and administrative 2 798 · UN documents 22 706.

## traduction

Used about 20 370 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 178 · literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 097 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 536 · UN documents ≈ 16 556). Forms: traduction, traductions.

- This is my **translation**.
  Ceci est ma **traduction**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and pierrot105 · checked, community translation · [\#9280374](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9280374) [\#10593188](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10593188))

- "Indeed;" I cried, keeping up wonderfully, "of course it is a German **translation**?"
  —Vraiment! m'écriai-je de mon mieux, et, sans doute, c'est une **traduction** en langue allemande?
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 89)

- All other **translations** are incorrect.
  Toutes les autres **traductions** sont erronées.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 340937)

- the cost of **translations**,
  les frais de **traduction**,
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4472029)

- Reviser, French **Translation** Service
  Réviseur, Service français de **traduction**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 25426250)

## langues

Used about 977 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 29 · UN documents ≈ 946). Forms: langue, langues.

- I am studying 31 languages because I want to know better the world in which I live. This helps me avoid, for example, reading faulty **translations**. It also helps me communicate with my friends in their native languages, seeing that some of them don't speak English or, if they do, are unable to express what they actually feel or think.
  Je suis en train d'étudier 31 **langues**, parce que je voudrais connaître mieux le monde que j'évite, par exemple, lire les textes mal traduits et communiquer avec mes amis qui parlent les autres langues maternelles, la plupart d'entre eux ne sont pas capables de parler en anglais ou, s'ils le font, ne pourraient pas exprimer ce qu'ils ressentent ou pensent exactement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and ovillevincent · checked, community translation · [\#6005886](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6005886) [\#3744045](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3744045))

- In the Community language data base, the following **translations** are made of the word ‘penalty’ in some other languages:
  Dans la base de données linguistique de la Communauté, le terme «penalties» est traduit comme suit dans d'autres **langues**:
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 886552)

- Original language(s) or multi-lingual Languages for **translation**
  **Langue**(s) originale(s) ou version multilingue
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27990564)

- If **translations** into its national language are needed, the country shall ensure that the **translations** are done in due time.
  Si les normes doivent être traduites dans la **langue** nationale, le pays veille à ce qu &apos; elles le soient en temps voulu.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 22745718)

- G. **Translations** 48. Hungary and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia made **translations** of the groundwaters guidelines in their national languages.
  48. La Hongrie et l &apos; ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine ont traduit les directives sur les eaux souterraines dans leurs **langues** nationales.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 10973293)

## documents

Used about 739 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 29 · UN documents ≈ 710).

- See also paragraph 12 of the Guidance Note on Security of Information: https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/15411/attachments/1/**translations**/en/renditions/native
  Voir également le point 12 de la note d'orientation sur la sécurité de l'information: https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/**documents**/15411/attachments/1/translations/en/renditions/native
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4559132)

- - Its ministry of the environment provided **translations**, organized hearings and invited the country of origin to the hearings;
  - En veillant à ce que son Ministère de l &apos; environnement fasse traduire les **documents** pertinents et organise des auditions en invitant le pays d &apos; origine à y participer;
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 7399846)

- 11. After the adoption of the agenda and during the debate, several representatives stressed the need for the timely and accurate **translation** of documents.
  11. Après l’adoption de l’ordre du jour et au cours des débats, plusieurs représentants ont insisté sur le fait que les **documents** devaient être traduits avec rapidité et exactitude.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 5901115)

- In 2012, those **translations** were shared with the Ministry of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and are in the process of being authenticated as official documents of the State.
  En 2012, ces **documents** ont été distribués au Ministère des relations extérieures et l &apos; on envisage actuellement de les considérer comme des documents officiels de l &apos; État salvadorien.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27762945)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- **Translation** is easier than reverse **translation**.
  La version est plus facile que le thème.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by bretsky and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#5940041](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5940041) [\#881302](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/881302))

- Yeah, show us your ti..., uh, **translations**.
  Ouais, montre-nous tes f... phrases...
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by halfb1t and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#2066925](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2066925) [\#1775067](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1775067))

- By faith Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his **translation** he had been well pleasing to God.
  C’est par la foi qu’Énoch fut enlevé pour qu’il ne vît point la mort, et qu’il ne parut plus parce que Dieu l’avait enlevé; car, avant son enlèvement, il avait reçu le témoignage qu’il était agréable à Dieu.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 11:5)

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/).

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